I can't quite fathom out which emotion the handball smiley repersents. And why is it amongst the most used ones?
What's the point of the handball smiley?
I can't quite fathom out which emotion the handball smiley repersents. And why is it amongst the most used ones?
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"We were not born into this world to be happy, but to do our duty." Bismarck
"You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing. One or the other. Not both." The Right Hon. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication" - Lord Byron
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
I beleive its symbolises boredom.
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
well I use it when someone askes something really obvious and you just want to give a dry reply..
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
GAH!!! I was thinking exactly the same question just now. And then there was a thread about it!
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Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
I think it means - "It is all nonsense , let me play the ball..." ?!?!?!
"The essence of philosophy is to ask the eternal question that has no answer" (Aristotel) . "Yes !!!" (me) .
"Its time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds." (Tupac Amaru Shakur)
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Hey , I pushed the smile button !!! What is this thumbs down ??? never pushed it !!!
"The essence of philosophy is to ask the eternal question that has no answer" (Aristotel) . "Yes !!!" (me) .
"Its time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds." (Tupac Amaru Shakur)
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
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Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
Interesting.
edit: I just found its purpose.
Edit2: just found another.
and
Last edited by Reverend Joe; 09-18-2005 at 04:17.
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
It means you are very bored.
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
That's what I said.It means you are very bored.
Just think of the scene in the Great Escape when Steve McQueen is in the cooler.
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
.I beleive its symbolises boredom.
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Mouzafphaerre is known elsewhere as Urwendil/Urwendur/Kibilturg...
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Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
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There is a buglet, they're switched.
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Ja mata Tosa Inu-sama, Hore Tore, Adrian II, Sigurd, Fragony
Mouzafphaerre is known elsewhere as Urwendil/Urwendur/Kibilturg...
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Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
Ok, so it symbolises boredom, but why have it among the most used ones? Surely there are betterand more useful smileys.
www.thechap.net
"We were not born into this world to be happy, but to do our duty." Bismarck
"You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing. One or the other. Not both." The Right Hon. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication" - Lord Byron
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
I always thought that this
Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
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Just think of the scene in the Great Escape when Steve McQueen is in the cooler.
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Ah , OK ..
"The essence of philosophy is to ask the eternal question that has no answer" (Aristotel) . "Yes !!!" (me) .
"Its time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds." (Tupac Amaru Shakur)
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
Interresting question, especially if we broaden it a bit, and ask "what's the point of smilies?"
Common Unreflected Drinking Only Smartens
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
To express emotion, to add humour to a post... the possibilities are endless
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
well, to me humor isnt a little yellow (or often blue or green even) dot that represents something remotely similar to human emotions.
Common Unreflected Drinking Only Smartens
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
The problem with asynchronous technology based communication is that it lacks the interpersonal cues we rely on to decipher the total message. Facial expression, gestures, body language: All are absent. Emoticons help to bridge that gap and present a fuller meaning to the user's text.
Examples:
I am joking, this is fun, that was funny, I agree with you and think that we are having fun.
I am angry, that makes me angry
thank you, I am making my statement with humility
Frustration, lack of control
I am ignoring you, I do not think this is important
Other are difficult to find an emotion. Like what the hell is this:
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
When you can't get thisyou are left with this
Our genes maybe in the basement but it does not stop us chosing our point of view from the top.
Pape for global overlord!!
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LMAO!!!!When you can't get this
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
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I like this one
My P.E lesson
And of Course my personal favorite....
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
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Re: What's the point of the handball smiley?
A perfect example of my point..When you can't get this
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